My prism2 USB wireless device works with my HD install of DSL as long as I use DHCP. It took me a good while to realize why wireless was still using DHCP even when I turned DHCP off everywhere else- it is the last line of prism2.sh- the pump command.

So when I remove pump and add commands to bootlocal.sh to bring up a static address, I can ping myself but not the gateway or anybody else. Also when I run "route" it takes a really long time to return, but when it returns it shows me my correct default route in addition to a 192.168.0.1 route.

I've tried changing the order of the commands, and using variations, but no dice. Yes, my addresses are correct and no, nobody has .100 on my network. Also, my resolv.conf is set up correctly.

I've done my homework on this one but seem to be hitting a brick wall. Is there some sort of issue with prism2, static IPs, and DSL? For my purpose it is mandatory I have a static IP, and my router can't do static assignments based on mac addresses.

sadly, I'm still using DSL .8 . If possible, please refrain from suggesting an upgrade to fix this- given the nature of what i am doing that is not easily done.

ifconfig also shows my interface as being up with the correct IP, but nobody can ping me and I can only ping myself (192.168.1.100.)

The only thing I'll mention is that I'm doing all this in bootlocal.sh AFTER I make the call to myprism2.sh. I think, I have no choice here because I don't actually have a wlan0 until running the commands in myprism2.sh/prism2.sh?